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During peripheral nerve repair, which of the following sutures would commonly be used?

Mr. Smith is a 73-year-old male who comes to the operating room for an endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair under general anesthesia. He has a past medical history of coronary artery disease, s/p MI with PTCA and stenting 5 years PTA , Type II diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy. His medications include aspirin, clopidogrel, metformin, and amitriptyline. Which medications MUST be discontinued 7 days before surgery? (SELECT TWO) 

An excellent substitute that provides strength and nonreactivity in tissues where stainless steel cannot be used is:

What is the best way to contact Professor Turner?

A patient comes in with a 2-week onset of neck pain/R radicular pain with no clear MOI. She states that she had pain as high as a 8/10 with certain movements. She has been noticing pain referring down her R UE into her thumb with associated N&T in the same area.  Aggravating Factors: Work (sitting at a desk) with pain up to 8/10 that takes the next morning to calm back down to 2/10 baseline, Turning head to the R (5/10 immediate pain) that takes 5 minutes to calm down. Driving with the inability to look to her R without a sharp pain. Sitting looking at phone/laptop within 5′ of performing her activity to a 6-8/10.  Easing Factors: “Sleeping it off” with reduction the next day. “Husband massaging neck” with minimal-to-no relief. Ibuprofen within 2 hours of taking.    How would you rate this patient’s severity?

Failing to see a bicyclists coming at you as you cross the street while on the cellphone illustrates the phenomenon of

________ dictates that the employer can be sued if an employee commits negligence during their scope of employment, even though the employer may have done no wrong.

 Which calcium channel blockers are selective for the AV node? (SELECT TWO) 

True or False: Bialosky et al (2009), MT demonstrated that majority of the effects of manual therapy are due to biomechanical changes with little neurophysiological changes that occur. 

When opening supplies and instruments for a case, for safety reasons, ________ should be passed directly to the scrub person or placed in an area on the sterile field where they are clearly visible.